
%0 Journal Article
%A Raston, CL 
%A White, AH 
%A Winter, G 
%T Crystal structure and electronic spectrum for Bis(O-ethylxanthato)pyridinezinc(II)
%J Australian Journal of Chemistry
%D 1976/04/01
%V 29
%N 4
%P 731-738
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9760731
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/CH9760731 
%X The crystal structure of the title compound [Zn(C5H5N)(CS2OEt)2] has been determined from X-ray diffractometer data at 295 K and refined by full-matrix least squares to a residual of 0.061 for 1100 'observed' reflections. Crystals are monoclinic A2/a, a = 14.001(5), b = 8.911(2),  c = 13.731(6) Å ,&#946; = 104.80(3)º, Z = 4. The molecule lies on a twofold axis passing through the N-coordinated pyridine ring. The zinc atom is coordinated by the pyridine [Zn-N, 2.03(l) Å] and a pair of symmetry related asymmetric ethylxanthate chelates [Zn-S, 2.748(3), 2.294(3)&amp;.The electronic spectrum of the complex has been studied in a variety of basic solvents and the spectra rationalized in terms of the observed structure. 
